First Grade - Unit 5 American Contributions
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SHARED READING BLOCK: ONE-HOUR PER DAY FOR EXPLICIT CORE INTEGRATED CORE INSTRUCTION (20 MINUTES OF THIS BLOCK SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON THE JSD PHONICS/WORD STUDY SCOPE AND SEQUENCE)
GUIDED READING BLOCK: ONE-HOUR PER DAY FOR EXPLICIT LEVELED INSTRUCTION
WRITING BLOCK: ONE-HOUR PER DAY FOR WRITING WITHIN THE THREE GENRES OF WRITING (WRITING SHOULD BE TIED TO UTAH INTEGRATED CORE INSTRUCTION TAUGHT IN SHARED READING)
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For Standards and Objectives which must be taught throughout the school year, in each unit |
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Essential Questions |
“I Can” Statements & Assessments |
Instructional Activities |
Lesson Resources |
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1. How do context clues and decoding strategies help with unknown words?
RF.1.3g: , L.1.4b , L.1.4c, RF.1.4c |
This means I can use context clues and decoding strategies to confirm or self-correct the reading of unknown words. |
-decode grade-level words accurately
-use context clues to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding |
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Utah Core Literacy Standards: Social Studies
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Enduring Understanding: Students will recognize their roles and responsibilities in the school and in the neighborhood and recognize and describe school and in the school, neighborhood, State, and National symbols, landmarks, and documents. |
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Essential Questions |
“I Can” Statements & Assessments |
Instructional Activities |
Lesson Resourcs |
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2. What are my responsibilities in school and in the neighborhood?
L.1.1d, L.1.6, L.1.5d, W.1.3, L.1.1j, L.1.5d, L.1.6
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This means I can recognize my roles and responsibilities as citizens in the school and in the neighborhood.
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-identify verbs in texts about roles and responsibilities
-describe behaviors that contribute to cooperation within groups at school and in the neighborhood
-discuss the roles and responsibilities of being a member of a group.
-identify and express feelings in appropriate group behavior
-articulate how individual choices affect self-peers, and others.
-communicate positive feelings and ideas of self |
Working Together Cooperative Learning Activity
Good Citizen Lesson (with Rhyming, high frequency words, vocabulary, adjectives, sentences, and narrative writing)
Buzzing Behavior Impacts People and Communities
Kids Can Make A Difference Lesson |
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3. What symbols and landmarks?
RI.1.6, RI.1.7, W.1.2, W.1.6, W.1.8, W.1.2, SL.1.5, SL.1.6 |
This means I can recognize and describe national and state symbols, documents, and landmarks. |
-identify school symbols and landmarks
-identify neighborhood and community symbols and landmarks
-identify and describe Utah symbols, documents and landmarks
-recognize and describe national symbols
-describe the American Flag and the importance of this symbol
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-demonstrate respect for patriotic practices and customs |
The Value of Illustrations/Pictures & Informative/Explanatory Writing
The Eagle as an American Symbol
American Symbols Opinion Writing
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4. Who are the notable people who have made contributions?
RL.1.5, RI.1.5, RF.1.4b, SL.1.3, SL.1.4, |
This means I can identify notable people who have contributed to our community, state, and nation. |
-compare and contrast literature and informational texts about the same notable person and describe the connection between two key events or ideas
-read with expression at appropriate rate using reader’s theaters
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American Contributions Fluency & Reader’s Theaters
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Utah Core Literacy Standards: Science
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Enduring Understanding: Students will gain an understanding of Physical Science through the study of the forces of motion and properties of materials by analyzing objects and record their properties. |
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Essential Questions |
“I Can” Statements & Assessments |
Instructional Activities |
Lesson Reources |
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5. How are objects classified and sorted?
W.1.3, W.1.8, SL.1.3, |
This means I can classify, sort, and chart objects by observable properties. |
-sort objects according to size, shape, color, texture
-identify and explain the attributes of a variety of objects
-compare and contrast |
Sorting Lesson with Sorting Mat
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6. What are measurable properties of matter?
W.1.2, RF.1.3e, RF.1.3g, RF.1.4a, RF.1.4b, RF.1.4c, RF.1.3e |
This means I can predict, observe, and explain how measurable properties such as weight, temperatures, affect whether objects sink or float and record results. |
-participate in experiments to explore which objects will sink or float
-describe in speech and in writing the measureable properties that cause objects to sink or float |
Science NetLinks Lesson - Sink & Float
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7. What are the changes that can occur in matter?
RI.1.5, RI.1.6, RI.1.7, W.1.1, |
This means I can predict, identify, and describe changes in matter when heated, cooled or mixed with water. |
-recognize and share information obtained from text features in informational texts
-participate and record what happens in experiments about changes in matter when cooled and/or heated |
Using Text Features to Learn About Changes in Matter
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